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Saturday, April 26th, 2008Photograph by Paul Peracchia
I’m reading a newly-published book (Christine’s recommendation): Seven Sacred Pauses by Benedictine monastic Macrina Wiederkehr. Actually, ‘reading’ probably isn’t the right word, ‘praying’ or ‘absorbing’ might be.
Subtitled Living Mindfully Through the Hours of the Day, this beautiful book takes us through the monastic hours - the practice of pausing for prayer at […]
Happy Easter!
Sunday, March 23rd, 200822 March - World Water Day
Saturday, March 22nd, 2008Photograph by RickAbbott
When I first wrote about World Water Day, upon which we remember that over one billion people in the world today lack clean drinking water, I hadn’t focused on when it falls this year: Easter Saturday, the day after Jesus was tortured to death.
We can imagine the start of that Sabbath day for […]
Bearing witness
Friday, March 21st, 2008I’ve been a member of Amnesty International for years. They do fantastic work against torture and repression, standing up for justice and truth. Membership is an easy way to feel I’m doing my bit.
For all of those years, I’ve received the regular Amnesty newsletter. Which I’ve always glanced at and dropped in the recycling, largely […]
Sunday Collection: Surrender
Sunday, March 16th, 2008
Photograph by Hypertypos
They were approaching Jerusalem, and when they reached Bethphage at the mount of Olives Jesus sent off two disciples, and told them: ‘Go into the village opposite, where you will at once find a donkey tethered with her foal beside her. Untie them, and bring them to me. If anyone says […]
Challenges
Friday, March 7th, 2008
Photograph by kookalamanza
I’m currently reading Richard Rohr’s book Simplicity, The Freedom of Letting Go. Rohr is a Franciscan priest, a well-known writer and retreat master.
I find myself both inspired and challenged by this book. He asks us to see things in different, demanding ways. He uses the teachings of Christ as his bedrock and […]
Islam in America
Wednesday, February 27th, 2008Interesting news article today about the way in which some Muslims in the US, especially women, are looking at ways of living the spirit of the Qur’an, rather than practising Islam as reflected by some specific cultural traditions.
You can read it here.
Journeys within journeys
Wednesday, February 6th, 2008
Photograph DavidK-Oregon
If the whole of our life is one journey, with many forks in the path, perhaps it’s easier to focus on the annual shorter journey of Lent, which begins today with Ash Wednesday.
Forty days of following in the footsteps of Christ. What does it mean? If we find it difficult to do for […]